What's in a name? XBL Gamertag origins... (1 Viewer)

[Aaron Schmitt]

spubiga comes from being called big A at college to differentiate me from the other Aaron on my floor (I'm 6'7", he was like 5'9", hence big A and little A). Unfortunately it's almost impossible to get Big A anywhere online (I've tried for years), so I just added my college abbrev. in front of it: spubiga = SPU Big A.

Aaron

 

[gregstaten]

Mine comes from THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL. I've used the second word in the famous quote, "Klaatu barada nikto" for some time as a character in Warcraft as I liked the sound of it.

My first choice on XBL was "klaatu" but that was already taken so I settled for the second word.

-greg

 

[Andy Anderson]

Mike-
What the heck were you doing with Merlot in the fridge?!? Good god!
-I'm a bit of a wine freak--I have about a 75-80 bottle collection, which can be a bit unheard of for a 28 year old in the States. I was actually considering a name that had something to do with wine like Bacchus or Malolactic Fermentation Boy, but they never quite sounded right.
"Malolactic Fermentation Boy killed his own dumb self..."

 

[Duane_T]

My tag is the name of a mercenary in a fantasy book series, The Black Company.